This is the scary part (As if it wasn't bad enough). If Boas and Pythons are added to the "injurious wildlife" list, it carries a lot of extra baggage. Not just a ban on import and interstate transport, but a ban on ownership....
So if your thinking, oh well, I'll still have my pets even if this ban goes through, then think again!
This proposed ban is something even PETA and Co couldn't of dreamed of having put forward!
So I urge everyone to contact your state reps, not just the USF&W, push the economical damage this ban would bring to your state.... get the state reps on your side if possible.
Push the facts, the impact on pet stores that sell heating, feeders, bedding supplies etc for us keepers is a fact. Not to mention the cash flow the states and federal government get from sales from private breeders/businesses that sell the same and more.... get it in their minds the impact it will have. And the impact it will have on those families for which it is their sole lively hood.
Get signatures on petitions (Smaller family owned pet stores may allow it, inform them! and see if they will allow a petition be in their store to sign) and send a copy to your state reps. Research the facts, get a number on the amount of reptiles keepers for them to see just how big this hobby/industry is in your state, nation wide.
If you can get your state reps to write and oppose this, then do so, it carries some added weight.
USF&W need to be burried in the form of opposition to this proposed ban.
